Breast Cancer Risk Reduction: A Patient Doctor Intervention

Breast Cancer Risk Reduction: A Patient Doctor Intervention

The proposed research combines the scientific advances in breast cancer research with health information technology (IT) to design a personalized intervention that assesses breast cancer risk for women, disseminates important breast health information, and facilitates discussion of breast cancer risk reduction practices. Our goal is to implement a tablet-PC (personal computer) based breast cancer risk education (BreastCare) intervention in the primary care setting that estimates a woman's individual risk for breast cancer and provides her and her physician with personalized breast cancer risk information and recommendations for action.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patient component:

   • Women who visit the General Internal Medicine (GIM) practices at SFGH and UCSF during the study period
   • Between the ages of 40 and 74
   • Self-identify as Asian American, Spanish- and English-speaking Latinas, African American, or White
   • Have no history of breast cancer are eligible to participate.

2. Physician component: Primary care physicians currently practicing at the GIM clinics at SFGH and UCSF

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient component: Women whose physicians object to their participation in the study
2. Physician component: No exclusion criteria for physicians